High Fidelity Alpha Tests – NPC Bots as Assignments

As an example of providing “assignments” to a domain server, the alphas.highfidelity.io forum provided an example to run a number of NPC “bots” on a domain. Instructions (alpha tester login required) are at:

The idea is that you use the Domain Server/Stack Manager HTTP interface on, e.g., http://hifi.aiai.ed.ac.uk:40100 and its “Assignments” -> “New Assignment” menu to create a number of instances of an assignment written in Javascript. An example is given of a procedurally controlled walking avatar which can be moved about in a zone that the script specified. The avatar is animated and sounds are produced. The “bot_propcedural.js” script is available (publicly) at: